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Which walking sims actually get played?

51 walking sims owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners launched it at all. Across all of them it’s 55%.

S4 games
  1. #1Heaven Island - VR MMO89% of 47
  2. #2The Stanley Parable77% of 115
  3. #3The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe84% of 62
  4. #4Heaven Island Life92% of 39
A10 games
  1. #5Firewatch76% of 117
  2. #6VERGE:Lost chapter94% of 31
  3. #7The Next Door89% of 37
  4. #8MIND Path to Thalamus E.Edition84% of 38
  5. #9What Remains of Edith Finch73% of 66
  6. #10Jazzpunk: Director's Cut75% of 52
  7. #11The Vanishing of Ethan Carter71% of 66
  8. #12ABZÛ70% of 70
  9. #1335MM78% of 32
  10. #14Submerged74% of 35
B15 games
  1. #15The Town of Light70% of 44
  2. #16Cloudpunk70% of 46
  3. #17The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux67% of 66
  4. #18The Exit 871% of 35
  5. #19KHOLAT64% of 94
  6. #20Gone Home64% of 56
  7. #21Journey64% of 56
  8. #22Layers of Fear (2016)60% of 121
  9. #23Mouthwashing62% of 55
  10. #24The Painscreek Killings61% of 36
  11. #25Beyond Eyes61% of 38
  12. #2611-11 Memories Retold58% of 60
  13. #27The First Tree59% of 46
  14. #28Deliver Us The Moon58% of 33
  15. #29Dear Esther57% of 51
C13 games
  1. #30The Beginner's Guide52% of 61
  2. #31Close To The Sun52% of 33
  3. #32The Invincible51% of 63
  4. #33Aporia: Beyond The Valley48% of 31
  5. #34The Norwood Suite47% of 43
  6. #35Fort Solis42% of 38
  7. #36Sable42% of 36
  8. #37Proteus41% of 34
  9. #38Tacoma41% of 64
  10. #39INDIKA33% of 42
  11. #40Frog Detective 1: The Haunted Island33% of 51
  12. #411000xRESIST31% of 45

And 1 more: The Suicide of Rachel Foster.

D9 games
  1. #43Scanner Sombre31% of 52
  2. #44Nephise Begins27% of 59
  3. #45The Search23% of 48
  4. #46Paradise Lost23% of 53
  5. #47Vane10% of 31
  6. #48Paratopic9% of 32
  7. #49SLUDGE LIFE14% of 73
  8. #50Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker6% of 69
  9. #51Terrors to Unveil - Day Off5% of 79

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 55% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.